THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2005
NEWS
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need heroes. We just don't believe anybody who claims that mantle anymore.I wish there were more positive examples of politics like 'The West Wing."
Eli Attie
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NBC's "The West Wing"
speech-writing and eventually was recruited to write speeches for the Clinton administration.
After the presidential vote recount in Florida in 2000, Attie said he was unemployed and called Warner Brothers to ask about screenwriting for "The West Wing," which was entering its third season. Screenwriting sounded a lot like speech-writing. Attie said
Attie learned much of his knowledge for the show while working as an assistant and speechwriter for former Vice President Al Gore and former House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt. He also worked as a special assistant to former President Bill Clinton.
"It was writing about what I was doing," he said. "A few months later I was in L.A. and never looked back."
But Hollywood poli-
ties are a lot different than their "Conflict and narrative are sexier," he said. "With the music and the lights, you could make reading the phone book seem dramatic."
Attie said people often asked him why real politicians couldn't be like the characters on the show.
But Hollywood politics are a lot different than real life, Attie said.
But Attie distinguished between seeming presidential and being presidential.
Most politicians aren't capable of acting as presidential as the actors on the show, he said.
Seeming presidential is about looking intelligent, involved and intense. Being presidential is more like a being a plumber, he said.
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more like a being jumped in there fixing things," Attie said. "We all want heroes. We just don't believe anybody who claims that mantle anymore. I wish there were more positive examples of politics like 'The West Wing.'"
David Interiano, then Wichita junior, instructs Andy Kim, then Shawnee junior, on where the pinata is during the Cinco de Mayo celebration in the Jayhawk Towers courtyard last year.
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independence day, which is September 15.
Chris White, graduate teaching assistant who teaches a course on the history of Mexico, said Cinco de Mayo is in commemoration of a battle Mexican soldiers fought against the French.
September 15 is given a lot more attention and a lot more celebration in Mexico than Cinco de Mayo.
Mily Salazar, Lawrence junior, was born in Mexico City and has been in Mexico for both dates.
"It's something meaningful, but it's not something I think much about." Salazar said
about Cinco de Mayo.
She said on the country's actual independence day, people get out and celebrate with friends and family all dressed in traditional clothing.
Melinda Benavidez, Topeka junior, said the holiday has gotten more Americanized each year. It is seen as just another excuse to drink without an understanding of the day's purpose.
At noon today the Multicultural Resource Center and the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization will be at Mrs. E's distributing historical information about Cinco de Mayo. A dancer from Ballet Folklorico de Topeka will also be performing.
licenses. Later in the evening, Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity and Sigma Lambda Gamma, Delta Gamma and Delta Sigma Phi will sororities will have their third annual Cinco de Mayo celebration from 6 to 9 tonight in Broken Arrow Park, 29th and Louisiana streets. Authentic Mexican food will be served.
The groups will also be giving students information about the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented immigrants in-state tuition and the REAL ID Act, which will make it more difficult for immigrants to get their drivers licenses.
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Three of the people cited were KU students, a 21-year-old woman and two 22-year-old men. An employee at the bar was also cited, Ward said.
Lawrence Municipal Court.
An officer on routine patrol in the area saw the people inside the bar consuming alcohol at 3:14 a.m., Ward said.
The cited individuals stayed in the establishment after the bar had closed, Ward said. They were not let in after closing time by staff.
All six individuals were issued notices to appear in
The report will be forwarded to the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control for review concerning the bar's liquor license. — Ishult Bickel
Police catch early morning drinkers
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Lawrence police cited six people for consuming alcohol after hours early yesterday morning in The Crossing, 618 W. 12th St., Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department, said.
ON THE RECORD
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. In the article "Chapters earn recognition," it said that Sigma Kappa sorority did not fill out applications for the awards ceremony this year. The sorority filled out applications and received an award for Outstanding Alumni and Alumnae Service.
- A 21-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police $200 worth of damage to a window of her 2003 Infiniti OX4 and the theft of a $40 purse. The damage and theft occurred between 3 p.m. last Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday from the 3200 block of Clinton Parkway.
- ♦ A 20-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police a $1,612 flat-screen computer monitor stolen. The theft took place sometime between midnight April 23 and 7 p.m. April 24 from the 1200 block of West Campus Road.
- A 20-year-old KU student reported to the KU Public Safety Office a missing military ID card. It was lost sometime between April 3 and April 17 somewhere on campus.
ON CAMPUS
The Center of Latin American Studies will sponsor a Merienda Brown Bag Series lecture by Cacilda Rego of the Spanish and Portuguese Department on "Between Heaven and Hell: Notes on Contemporary Brazilian Cinema" at noon today in 318 Bailey Hall. Call 864-4213 for more information.
Judith Lewis of the United Nations World Food Program will lecture on "Emergency Food Aid in the Tsunami Relief Effort: The Role of the UN World Food Program" at 4 p.m. today at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Call 864-6161 for more information.
♦ SUA will sponsor a screening of the film "Finding Neverland" at 7 and 9:30 tonight and tomorrow night at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 or free with SUA Movie Card. Call 864-SHOW for more information.
The Center for Community Outreach will sponsor a Zack & Kelly Benefit Prom, featuring a silent auction, free refreshments and afterprom activities, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Kansas Union Ballroom.Call 864-SHOW for more information.
University Theatre will sponsor a performance of the opera "Candide" at 7:30 tonight and tomorrow night at Crafton Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. Call 864-3982 for more information.
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